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onomazein t1_j143k0x wrote

UK: "BRUH!..."

Hopefully this will get the ball rolling and other countries will follow suit

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JesseBricks t1_j15odeu wrote

UK museums in Scotland, Cambridge and London have recently agreed to return Benin Bronzes. Also returns from collections in the US and France. Nigeria have a new museum in the works to house them. The British Museum is still looking the other way. Good to see the tide slowly turning.

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darkhoogan t1_j1665j7 wrote

The british museum has its hand tied. The British museum act 1963 specifically prevents the british museum from returning anything. I see that law unlikely to change with our current government, next general election is in 2 years, so nothing can realistically happen before then.

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